Ask post: Why did stretching make me so horny?

I am not a doctor, (yet) but you may have tweaked your lower spinal nerves. Erections require parasympathetic output from s2-s4, as is anal tone. (The lovely mnemonic for parasympathetic = erection, sympathetic = ejaculation is Point and Shoot.)

Maybe you tweaked something in your sympathetic chain, and your brainstem responded by letting the parasympathetics loose.

I wouldn't worry about it unless your legs go weak, you can't feel them, or... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Basalisk at 1:52 PM on July 2, 2008

Ask post: How do I get people to not antagonize my phobia?

Dear person who freaked me out with a moth,
I'm sure you found it hilarious to watch me absolutely paralysed with fear. I can't imagine how much fun it was to see me break down in tears from anxiety. I'm glad torturing me was amusing for you.
It would be really nice if you told me what your biggest fear is, so we can do something like this again. Perhaps you're afraid of spiders, that's a fairly common one. How about I wake you up one morning with a hairy tarantula... [more]
posted to Ask Metafilter by Basalisk at 12:44 AM on June 28, 2008 marked best answer